A month ago, the National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena/Ramona Falls’ Brent Knopf teamed up under the name EL VY (“pronounced like a plural of Elvis,” according to a press release) and shared the lengthily-subtitled title

The National’s Matt Berninger and Ramona Falls/Menomena’s Brent Knopf have teamed up under the name EL VY. (Oddly enough, this marks the second National/Menomena partnership after Bryce Devendorf and Danny Seim joined forces as Pfarmers

Pfarmers are an amalgamation of a few bands and sounds. Danny Seim (Menomena, Lackthereof), Bryan Devendorf (the National), and horn player Dave Nelson (David Byrne & St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens) convene to conjure a style